Latest news as of 9/15/2026, 3:30:18 AM
Bleeping Computer
The AvosLocker ransomware operation provided a free decryptor after learning they encrypted a US government agency. [...]
Bleeping Computer
The number of malicious dormant domains is on the rise, and as researchers warn, roughly 22.3% of strategically aged domains pose some form of danger. [...]
The Hacker News
A never-before-seen China-based targeted intrusion adversary dubbed Aquatic Panda has been observed leveraging critical flaws in the Apache Log4j logging library as an access vector to perform various post-exploitation operations, including reconnaissance and credential harvesting on targeted systems. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the infiltration, which was ultimately foiled, was aimed at
The Hacker News
A previously unknown rootkit has been found setting its sights on Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) server management technology to carry out in-the-wild attacks that tamper with the firmware modules and completely wipe data off the infected systems. The discovery, which is the first instance of real-world malware in iLO firmware, was documented by Iranian cybersecurity
Krebs on Secuity
KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 12th anniversary today! Maybe "celebrate" is too indelicate a word for a year wracked by the global pandemics of COVID-19 and ransomware. Especially since stories about both have helped to grow the audience here tremendously in 2021. But this site's birthday also is a welcome opportunity to thank you all for your continued readership and support, which helps keep the content here free to everyone.
ZDNet Security
LastPass VP Gabor Angyal said some of the security alerts that initially caused concern were "likely triggered in error."
Bleeping Computer
An agentic coding tool tasked with running a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious payload that is invisible to both security agents and human reviewers. [...]
Dark Reading
Rising threats from third-party actors are forcing institutions to play defense to protect student data from ransomware and other attacks.
The Hacker News
OpenAI on Friday released three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to a small number of companies as part of an ongoing engagement with the U.S. government. While Sol is the latest flagship model and the most powerful, Terra strikes a balance between efficiency and power, and Luna is fine-tuned for speed and affordability. "GPT‑5.6 Sol launches with our most
The Register
Time to start praying to the goddess of wisdom and war